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LGEN W.A.B. ANDERSON OBE, CD
COMMANDER MOBILE COMMAND
DESIGNATED THIS FIELD
RIFLES FIELD
ON JULY 15, 1968
TO COMMEMORATE THE SERVICE OF
THE QUEEN’S OWN RIFLES OF CANADA
AT THEIR HOME STATION
CURRIE BARRACKS, CALGARY
1954-1968

[There are two windows, one with the 1944 RCEME Badge and the other with the 1991 EME Badge./Il y a deux vitraux, un avec l’écusson du GEMRC en 1944 et l’autre avec celui du GEM en 1991.]

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MEMORIAL FOR 137 BATT. C.E.F. W.W.I.

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REG'D BY GOV'T OF ALBERTA AS HISTORICAL SITE 1973

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ERECTED IN MEMORY OF THOSE WHO SERVED IN THE REGIMENT DURING WORLD WAR-1
WE WILL REMEMBER

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1914-1918

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TOTAL STRENGTH: 975 ALL RANKS
CASUALTIES: FATAL - 179, NON-FATAL - 392
1 - VICTORIA CROSS, 1 - DSO, 4 - MILITARY CROSS, 2 - MENTIONED IN DESPATCHES, 1 - DCM, MM & BAR, 1 - DCM & MM, 3 - DCM, 6 - MM & BAR, 1 - MM & BELGIAN CROIX DE GUERRE, 1 - BELGIAN CROIX DE GUERRE, 37 - MM, 1 - MSM, 2 - RUSSIAN CROSS OF ST. GEORGE (4TH CL)

DEDICATED BY
CSM ISRAEL FLORENCE
THE THIRD DAY OF JUNE 1968

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LEST WE FORGET

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THE MUSEUM OF THE REGIMENTS IS DEDICATED TO THE MEMORY OF THE MEMBERS OF ITS FOUNDING REGIMENTS: LORD STRATHCONA'S HORSE (ROYAL CANADIANS), THE KING'S OWN CALGARY REGIMENT, PRINCESS PATRICIA'S CANADIAN LIGHT INFANTRY, AND THE CALGARY HIGHLANDERS WHO WERE KILLED ON ACTIVE DUTY. THEIR HEROIC LEGACY CONTRIBUTED TO THE RICH HERITAGE EARNED BY THEIR REGIMENTS FOR CANADA.

DEDICATED ON 11 AUGUST 1989 BY THE RIGHT HONOURABLE COUNTESS MOUNTBATTEN OF BURMA, CD, JP, DL, COLONEL-IN-CHIEF, PRINCESS PATRICIA'S CANADIAN LIGHT INFANTRY.

THEY SHALL NOT GROW OLD, AS WE WHO ARE LEFT GROW OLD, AGE SHALL NOT WEARY THEM, NOR THE YEARS CONDEMN, AT THE GOING DOWN OF THE SUN, AND IN THE MORNING, WE SHALL REMEMBER THEM.

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WITH PRIDE IN THEIR PAST, COURAGE FOR THE PRESENT, AND HOPE FOR THE FUTURE.

LORD STRATHCONA'S HORSE (ROYAL CANADIANS), THE KING'S OWN CALGARY REGIMENT, PRINCESS PATRICIA'S CANADIAN LIGHT INFANTRY, THE CALGARY HIGHLANDERS

ERECTED THIS MUSEUM OF THE REGIMENTS TO REMIND ALL WHO COME THIS WAY THAT PEACE IS NEVER CHEAPLY BOUGHT.

HERE DEAD LIE WE BECAUSE WE DID NOT CHOOSE TO LIVE AND SHAME THE LAND FROM WHICH WE SPRUNG. LIFE TO BE SURE, IS NOTHING MUCH TO LOSE, BUT YOUNG MEN THINK IT IS, AND WE WERE YOUNG.

OPENED 30 JUNE 1990 BY HER MAJESTY QUEEN ELIZABETH II

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CANADIAN PEACEKEEPERS

ROLL OF HONOUR

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IN MEMORY OF STRATHCONAS WHO SERVED AND GAVE THEIR LIVES FOR THEIR SOVEREIGN AND COUNTRY SINCE 1900

MEMBERS AND LADIES AUXILIARY THAT WERE AFFILIATED WITH THE MANITOBA ASSOCIATION LORD STRATHCONA'S HORSE (R.C.)

BOER WAR, 1899-1902
WAR ONE, 1914-1918
WAR TWO, 1939-1945
KOREA, 1951-1953
PEACEKEEPING, 1953
RISING RED RIVER, 1997

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1939 1945

FOR GOD AND COUNTRY

Honour Roll

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BELOW IS A TRIBUTE TO THOSE CALGARY & DISTRICT SERVICEMEN OF THE JEWISH FAITH WHO MADE THE SUPREME SACRIFICE IN WORLD WARS I & II. THIS MEMORIAL WILL FOREVER ETCH THEIR NAMES IN OUR MEMORIES. IT IS IN THEIR HONOR WE DEDICATE THIS PLAQUE.             

                
DURING WORLD WAR II, TEN PERCENT OF ALL JEWRY IN CANADA SERVED THEIR COUNTRY:
A TOTAL OF 16,883    10,235 ARMY    596 ROYAL CANADIAN NAVY
5,889 R.C.A.F.    163 ALLIED FORCES
TOTAL CASUALTIES: 721 KILLED    208 WOUNDED    84 PRISONERS OF WAR
A TOTAL OF 196 WERE DECORATED FOR BRAVERY AND SERVICE
ABOVE AND BEYOND THE CALL OF DUTY

WE CANADIAN SERVICEMEN OF THE JEWISH FAITH TAKE A GREAT DEAL OF PRIDE AND
HONOR FOR THE PART WE PLAYED IN A VICTORY THAT GAVE FREEDOM A CHANCE TO
BREATHE AND GROW IN LANDS LESS FORTUNATE THAN OUR OWN.

OUR BEST TRIBUTE LIES IN OUR LIVING AND WORKING FOR THE ETERNAL CAUSE
FOR WHICH SO MANY FOUGHT AND DIED.
THE TRUE PEACE BORN OF FREEDOM

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THEY SHALL GROW NOT OLD, AS WE THAT ARE LEFT GROW OLD, AGE SHALL NOT WEARY THEM, NOR THE YEARS CONDEMN, AT THE GOING DOWN OF THE SUN AND IN THE MORNING, WE WILL REMEMBER THEM, WE WILL REMEMBER THEM

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WORLD WAR I WORLD WAR II KOREA UN PEACEKEEPERS

LEST WE FORGET